Okemos High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Okemos, MI)

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Through Job Experience The co-op program offers many advantages to both students and the community. Students who might lie unable to continue school because of financial difficulty are aided by work wages; working builds self-reliance as well as introducing the student to the business world. Area businesses, such as DeLind’s Hardware, Joe’s Foodland, Lansing Sparrow Hospital, Eisenhower Construction, benefit also by receiving a “constant and systematic infusion of desirable beginners into store work.” Drafting machine parts is senior Steve Soltow, who worked at a tool and die manufacturing shop. kTv Senior Renee Runciman waits on a customer at Green’s in Frandor. A bed is changed by Alana Baylc, senior, at Ingham County Medical Hospital. 29

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Co-op Students Benefit Students Working Local Business Many students have always known what they wanted to be when they grew up — a doctor, banker, businessman. Because his time is occupied with school, the ordinary student often gets no actual work experience in his field of interest until after college. The newly-organized Haslett - Okemos cooperative training program, in which 16 Okemos students participate, gives students a chance to experiment with their preferred type of work. Students enrolled in the co-op program must demonstrate interest in and fitness for the desired work, be at least 16 years old and maintain passing grades in school until graduation. If the student does not adapt to his job, he may be transferred by co-op coordinator Mr. Albert Pender. Senior Dennis Steele pumps fjas at Standard station where he worked on co-op. Mark White, senior, sells ad to Goodwin's Fabrics. Mark worked in the ad department of the MSU State News. 28

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Sophomore Dill Kennedy receives instruction from Mr. Earl Zetlerholm, geometry teacher, on the use of the transit. OHS Math Department Although the humanities remain an indispensable part of our curriculum, concentrated study of mathematics has been continually stresed since Russia’s launching of Sputnik I in 1957 which awakened American interest in science and mathematics. By 1958 American mathematicians had devised a new system of mathematics based on set theory. This “new math” has been taught in Okemos Schools since 1960 to each math class, beginning with Algebra I. OHS students are not required to take math, but counselors urge that at least three years be studied as a prerequisite for most universities. Algebra I, which introduces basic algebraic principles, is recommended for freshmen; presently the largest number of math students is enrolled in this class. The sequent course is usually geometry, a necessity for prospective engineers, offering properties of figures and use of the sextant and transit. Most juniors or seniors studying chemistry and physics elect Algebra II to add to the background gained in Algebra I. Trigonometry and Solid Geometry are offered also as semester courses. Honors math classes are accelerated and more advanced than regular classes. By fourth year the honors math student is studying fundamental mathematical theory, analytical geometry and logic; he is also introduced to calculus. Any student in grades nine to 12 is eligible to take the Michigan Math Prize Competition Test, sponsored by Michigan Colleges and Industries. The test consists of two parts; the top four per cent of students taking the first part may take the second. Of these, the top 50 receive college scholarships. Senior Tom Sonnemann and sophomore Dill Moulton figure problems for the Michigan Math Prize Competition 'Test.